2 Reis 7:6 NVIPT

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 7:1-17

2 Kings 7:1-17Then said Elisha, Hear ye the word of the Lord.The famine in SamariaThe emphasis of the teaching of this account of the Samaritan famine should undoubtedly be placed upon the complete fulfilment of the word of God. The prophet specified the time when plenty would reign in the city. He named the price that would rule in the markets for breadstuffs. Elisha, the prophet of the Lord, since he left his twelfth yoke of oxen in the field to follow Elijah, had not watched carefully the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 7:3-8

2 Kings 7:3-8And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate.The men at the gateThe city of Samaria was in sad plight. Ben-hadad, the King of Syria, had gathered all his armies together with the determination to conquer Israel and make it a subject province. He brought all his force against Samaria and besieged the capital city. He cut off all their communication with the surrounding country and was slowly starving them to death. Now, while this was going on in the city of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 7:6

2Ki 7:6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, [even] the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. Ver. 6. To hear a noise of chariots. ] Some think this noise was not in the air, but in their ears only, because none else heard it. But God can easily hold men’s senses, as hath been showed. 2Ki 6:18 Act... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 7:6

the Lord: 2 Kings 3:22, 2 Kings 3:23-Daniel :, 2 Kings 19:7, 2 Samuel 5:24, Job 15:21, Psalms 14:5, Jeremiah 20:3, Jeremiah 20:4, Ezekiel 10:5, Revelation 6:15, Revelation 6:16, Revelation 9:9 the kingss of the Hittites: 1 Kings 10:29 the kings of the Egyptians: 2 Chronicles 12:2, 2 Chronicles 12:3, Isaiah 31:1, Isaiah 36:9 Reciprocal: Exodus 23:27 - my fear Leviticus 26:36 - I will send Deuteronomy 2:25 - General Joshua 2:9 - your terror Judges 1:26 - the land Judges 4:15 - General... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Kings 7:6

For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.Hittites — Under which name (as elsewhere under the name of the Amorites) he seems to understand all the people of Canaan. For though the greatest number of that people were destroyed, yet very many of them were... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 7:6

6. To hear a noise of chariots This may have been the noise of the same host whose movements David was once permitted to hear in the tops of the trees, and which led him on to the conquest of the Philistines. 2 Samuel 5:24. Or the noise may have had no objective reality, but may have been a mere delusion produced in the minds of the Syrians. In either case it was caused by the Lord, and the Syrians were led to imagine that Jehoram had hired against them the armies of other nations. Kings... read more